Camacho v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board); the order affirmed an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) order upholding SAIF Corporation’s denial of his injury claim for low-back and thoracic strains incurred while moving loaded pallets using a manual pallet jack.1 The board concluded that claimant had not demonstrated that his low-back and thoracic strains were a “compensable injury” under ORS 656.005(7).2 In reaching that conclusion, the board did not afford statements made by claimant to his medical providers for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment…